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Is China the leader UN climate talks need?
Xi Jinping’s trillion-dollar overseas investment strategy has not caught up with his green rhetoric, environmentalists warn as countries head to Bonn climate summit
Bonn climate talks raise tough questions about German coal
Chancellor Angela Merkel, with no concrete plans to curtail its huge coal industry, will be exposed as her country plays host to Fiji’s climate presidency
UK omits climate change from post-Brexit foreign policy plan
Proposal for future relationship with EU calls for cooperation on energy security, but makes no mention of the Paris Agreement, a stated priority in Brussels
Transparency is essential to make aviation climate deal work
As countries write the rules for airlines to offset their emissions growth, they must make sure there is no double-counting
In Germany, a clean energy shift is politics-as-usual
As Trump reverses the US climate stance, Germany touts its “Energiewende” as a matter of national pride – regardless of who wins the upcoming election
Climate veterans say Trump budget undermines global cooperation
China and India experts say cuts challenge progress on emissions, while an architect of the Paris climate deal criticises the US for not being “truthful” to its commitments
The making of Sweden’s climate law – and that photo
How Sweden’s centre right and left parties united around a tough climate goal and spawned one of the strongest anti-Trump images of his short presidency
Our climate heroes of 2016
Climate Home writers pick some of the defiant optimists they came across in 2016
2016 in review: UN climate talks deliver mixed progress
The COP22 summit was dominated by Donald Trump’s shock election win, but amid the gloom there were kernels of progress says St Lucia minister
Crib notes: EU to release latest raft of climate, energy legislation
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Countries hit by climate change pledge to go 100% renewable
Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Costa Rica are in 47-strong coalition aspiring to go 100% renewable, with international support, in Marrakech statement
Lord Stern: we need negative emissions to avoid 2C warming
Speaking at the Royal Society, top climate economist reflects on challenges and opportunities a decade after his seminal review into implications of a warming world
Indian industry calls for support on HFC phase-down
Finance and technology transfer critical to unlock ambition at Kigali talks on climate-friendly coolants, say observers
A global climate deal for aviation! So what next?
James Beard of WWF outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the carbon offsetting plan agreed for air travel – and work needed to align it with climate goals
How Donald Trump is delaying the Paris climate deal dividend
The world faces two very different energy futures, and we won’t know for sure which one we are in until 9 November
California passes ambitious climate targets
New law requires the US economic powerhouse to cut its emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030
Crib notes: UN aviation body to debate 2020 climate deal
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Paris climate deal on cusp of entering into force this year
Momentum is building to kick start the UN pact in 2016, before Donald Trump can get his hands on the US presidency
Offshore carbon: why a climate deal for shipping is sinking
The Cook Islands, a tiny Pacific state vulnerable to sea level rise, is vocally opposed to action at the International Maritime Organization
After Brexit, the business voice on climate matters more than ever
The continued strong voice of business leaders will help to ensure the global implementation of the Paris climate agreement, argues the head of We Mean Business